barnstorm
1: appear at county fairs and carnevals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper 2: tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays; "The presidential candidates are busy...
barnstormer
1: an actor who travels around the country presenting plays [syn: {playactor}, {play-actor}, {trouper}] 2: a pilot who travels around the country giving exhibits of stunt flying and parachuting [syn: ...
Barnum
1: United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891) [syn: {P. T. Barnum}, {Phineas Taylor Barnum}]
barnyard grass
1: a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing [syn: {barn grass}, {barn millet}, {Echinochloa crusgalli}]
barograph
1: a recording barometer; automatically records on paper the variations in atmospheric pressure
barographic
1: relating to or registered by a barograph
barometer
1: an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
barometric
1: relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer; "barometric pressure" [syn: {barometrical}]
barometrical
1: relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer; "barometric pressure" [syn: {barometric}]
Baron
1: a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank 2: a British peer of the lowest rank 3: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: {big businessman}, {business leader}, {king}, ...
Baron Adrian
1: English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons; 1st Baron of Cambridge (1889-1997) [syn: {Adrian}, {Edgar Douglas Adrian}]
Baron Alexander von Humboldt
1: German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859) [syn: {Humboldt}, {Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humb...
Baron Clive
1: British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) [syn: {Clive}, {Robert Clive}, {Baron Clive of Plassey}]
Baron Clive of Plassey
1: British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) [syn: {Clive}, {Robert Clive}, {Baron Clive}]
Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu
1: French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755) [syn: {Montesquieu}, {Charles Louis de Secondat}]
Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
1: German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859) [syn: {Humboldt}, {Baron Alexander von Humboldt}]
Baron Georges Cuvier
1: French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832) [syn: {Cuvier}, {Georges Cuvier}, {Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier}]
Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding
1: British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970) [syn: {Dowding}, {Hugh Dowding}, {Dowdy}]
Baron Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
1: French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830) [syn: {Fourier}, {Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier}]
Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
1: German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835) [syn: {Humboldt}, {Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt}]
Baron Lister
1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912) [syn: {Lister}, {Joseph Lister}]
Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton
1: English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948) [syn: {Lloyd Webber}, {Andrew Lloyd Webber}]
Baron Munchausen
1: German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or winning lies (1720-1797) [syn: {Mu...
Baron Olivier of Birghton
1: English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989) [syn: {Olivier}, {Laurence Olivier}, {Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier}]
Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
1: German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902) [syn: {Krafft-Ebing}, {Richard von Krafft-Ebing}]
Baron Snow of Leicester
1: English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980) [syn: {Snow}, {C. P. Snow}, {Charles Percy Snow}]
Baron Verulam
1: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) [syn: {Bacon}, {Francis Bacon}, {Sir Francis Bacon}, {1st Baron Verulam}, {Viscount St....
Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt
1: German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835) [syn: {Humboldt}, {Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt}]
baronage
1: the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: {peerage}]
baronduki
1: terrestrial Siberian squirrel [syn: {baranduki}, {barunduki}, {burunduki}, {Eutamius asiaticus}, {Eutamius sibiricus}]
baroness
1: a noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron
Baroness Dudevant
1: French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876) [syn: {Sand}, {George Sand}, {Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin}]
Baroness Karen Blixen
1: Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962) [syn: {Dinesen}, {Isak Dinesen}, {Blixen}, {Karen Blixen}]
Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
1: British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925) [syn: {Thatcher}, {Margaret Thatcher}, {Margaret Hilda Thatcher}, {Iron Lady}]
Baronet
1: a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: {Bart}]
baronetcy
1: the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness [syn: {barony}] 2: the title of a baron
baronetise
1: confer baronetcy upon; "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country" [syn: {baronetize}]
baronetize
1: confer baronetcy upon; "He was baronetized for his loyalty to the country" [syn: {baronetise}]
barong
1: a knife resembling a cleaver; used in the Philippines
baronial
1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" [syn: {imposing}, {noble}, {stately}]
barony
1: the estate of a baron 2: the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness [syn: {baronetcy}] 3: the domain of a baron
baroque
1: having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells [syn: {churrigueresque}, {churrigueresco}] n : elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorati...
baroqueness
1: elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century [syn: {baroque}]
baroreceptor
1: a sensory receptor that responds to pressure
barosaur
1: 5-story-tall dinosaur [syn: {barosaurus}]
barosaurus
1: 5-story-tall dinosaur [syn: {barosaur}]
barouche
1: a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top
barque
1: a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: {bark}]
barrack
1: a building used to house military personnel v 1: lodge in barracks 2: urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: {cheer}, {inspire}, {urge}, {ur...
barracking
1: shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree [syn: {heckling}]
barracuda
1: any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
barrage
1: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) [syn: {outpouring}, {onslaught}] 2: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific targ...
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barrage balloon
1: an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
barrage fire
1: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" [syn...
barrage jam
1: jam an entire frequency sprectrum; "During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West"
barrage jamming
1: electronic jamming over a wide range of frequencies simultaneously
barramunda
1: large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins [syn: {barramundi}, {Neoceratodus forsteri}]
barramundi
1: large edible Australian lungfish having paddle-shaped fins [syn: {barramunda}, {Neoceratodus forsteri}] [also: {barramundies} (pl)]
Barranquilla
1: a port city of northern Colombia near the Caribbean on the Magdalena River
barred owl
1: large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown [syn: {Strix varia}]
barred pickerel
1: small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states [syn: {redfin pickerel}, {Esox americanus}]
barrel
1: a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired [syn: {gun barrel}] 2: a cylindrical container that holds liquids [syn: {cask}] 3: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends [syn:...
barrel cactus
1: a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits 2: any cactus of the genus Ech...
barrel knot
1: a knot used for tying fishing leaders together; the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times [syn: {blood knot}]
barrel maker
1: a craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs [syn: {cooper}]
barrel organ
1: a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs [syn: {grind organ}, {hand organ}, {hurdy gurdy}, {street organ}]
barrel roll
1: a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course
barrel vault
1: the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
barreled
1: put in or stored in a barrel; "barreled beer" [syn: {barrelled}] [ant: {unbarreled}] 2: (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends [syn: {barrelled}]
barrelfish
1: blackish fish of New England waters [syn: {black rudderfish}, {Hyperglyphe perciformis}]
barrelful
1: the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold [syn: {barrel}]
barrelhouse
1: a cheap drinking and dancing establishment [syn: {honky-tonk}]
barrels
1: the amount that many barrels might hold
barren
1: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: {bare}, {bleak}...
barren ground caribou
1: of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus [syn: {Rangifer arcticus}]
barren of
1: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary m...
barrenness
1: the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children 2: a condition yielding nothing of value [syn: {fruitlessness}, {aridity}] [ant: {fruitfulness}]
barrenwort
1: slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover [syn: {bishop's hat}, {Epimedium grandiflorum}]
barrette
1: a pin for holding women's hair in place
barretter
1: a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) [syn: {ballast resistor}, {ballast}]
barricade
1: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. [syn: {roadblock}] 2: a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the ad...
barricaded
1: preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor" [syn: {barred}, {blockaded}]
barricado
1: block off with barricades [syn: {barricade}]
Barrie
1: Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan (1860-1937) [syn: {James Barrie}, {J. M. Barrie}, {James Matthew Barrie}, {Sir James Matthew Barrie}]
barrier
1: a structure or object that impedes free movement 2: any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding" [syn: {roadblock}]...
barrier island
1: a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore
barrier reef
1: a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore
barrier strip
1: a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs [syn: {junction barrier}]
barrio
1: a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) 2: an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country
barrister
1: a British lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law
barroom
1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: {bar}, {saloon}, {ginmill}, {taproom}]
barrow
1: the quantity that a barrow will hold [syn: {barrowful}] 2: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs [syn: {burial mound}, {grave mound}, {tumulus}] 3: a cart for carrying small lo...
barrow-boy
1: a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow [syn: {costermonger}, {barrow-man}]
barrow-man
1: a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow [syn: {costermonger}, {barrow-boy}]
barrowful
1: the quantity that a barrow will hold [syn: {barrow}]
Barrymore
1: United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942) [syn: {John Barrymore}] 2: United States actress; daughter of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1879-1959)...
bars
1: gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights [syn: {parallel bars}]
Barstow
1: a town in southeastern California
Bart
1: a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." [syn: {Baronet}]
bartender
1: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar [syn: {barman}, {barkeep}, {barkeeper}, {mixologist}]
barter
1: an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter" [syn: {swap}, {swop}, {trade}] v : exchange goods without involving money
barterer
1: a trader who exchanges goods and not money
Barth
1: Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968) [syn: {Karl Barth}] 2: United States novelist (born in 1930) [syn: {John Barth}, {John Simmons Barth}]
Barthelme
1: United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989) [syn: {Donald Barthelme}]
Barthold George Niebuhr
1: German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831) [syn: {Niebuhr}]
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